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Access Is Not Enough: Cultural Mismatch Persists to Limit First-Generation Students' Opportunities for Achievement Throughout College.

United States higher education prioritizes independence as the cultural ideal. As a result, first-generation students (neither parent has a four-year degree) often confront an initial cultural mismatch early on in college settings: they endorse relatively interdependent cultural norms that diverge f...

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Published in:Journal of Personality & Social Psychology Vol. 119; no. 5; pp. 1112 - 1132
Main Authors: Phillips, L. Taylor, Stephens, Nicole M., Townsend, Sarah S. M., Goudeau, Sébastien
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association Nov2020
Subjects:
Social status
Equality
Social classes
First-generation college students
Achievement gap
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